Dust-collector for brooms



A. A. SAWYER. DUST GOLLEGTOR FOR BROOMS.

(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 28,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT .Q FI E.

ALBERTA. sAwYER, or CHICAGOILLINOIS.

DUST-COLLECTOR FOR BROOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,775, dated September 28, 1897.

hpplicationfiled January 16,1897. Serial No. 619,469. (llomoclel.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. SAWYER, of Chicago, in the county' of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dust Collectors for Brooms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which corresponding letters of reference in the different figures indicate like parts. j

The object of my invention is to so combine with an ordinary broom one or more moistening flaps or fringes of cloth, felt, or other suitable fabric or moisture 4 retaining material that the same may coactwith the broom in such a manner as to prevent dust from rising when the broom is used and cause its collection and retention upon the moistened attachment or collector.

To these ends my invention consists in the combination of elements hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

' In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of a broom, showing my improved dust-collector applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a Vertical sectional view thereof, showing the preferred manner of attaching said device. view showing a modification of said invention. Fig. 4. is a side view thereof. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of said dust-collector as it would appear when detached from the broom; and Fig. 6 is an edge view of an ordinary dustbrush,showing said invention applied thereto.

Referring totheidrawings, arepresents an ordinary broom, having the usual handle I). Adapted to surround the body of the broom is a wire 0, which'is preferably of a spring temper and formed so as to constitute two parallel rods upon opposite sides of the broom, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and bent downwardly at the sides so as to form U-shaped springs, as shown at d.

wire frame in shape and detachably securing it to the body of the broom. That portion of the plate e next to the broom is bent toward the body of the broom and provided with a Fig. 3 is an edge Sheet-metal plates e are bent over-the wire 0 at the top and sides for the purpose of more securely holding the" series of teeth ffor clasping the body of the broom. Looped'over or attached to the wires 0 "beneath the sheetmetal plate e is one or mor eifolds-or flaps g, of cloth, tape, twine, or other suitable fabric or absorbent material, forming a single flap or fringe upon one or both,bu't preferably both, sides of the body of the broom and extending from at or near the'to'p to the bottom or slightly below. I prefer to employ a series of ribbons or strips of cotton listing orother desirable material, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The ribbons are permitted to hang down loosely in the form of a fringe, and when the broom is used they are wet and wrung out, so as to be sufficiently damp to collect and retain more or less dust thereon, but more especially to cause the bulk or body of the dust as it is swept before the broom to become sufficiently dampened so as not to rise in clouds or eddies, but to collect in a body, which may be readily swept before the broom the same as if some dampening material, such as moistened sawdust, were added thereto.

Although the dust-collector may be removed from the broom at will it is not necessary to remove it in order to clean or dampen the flaps, but it may be changed from one broom to another as often as the brooms become worn out.

It is obvious that the absorbent'dust-collectors may be variously constructed-and attached to the broom in various ways orpermanently attached thereto in any convenient manner when the broom is made without departing from the principle of my invention.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a modification of said invention in which a single-piece of cloth, felt, or absorbent material is employed,.which may be attached by means of a cord or an elastic band h or permanently stitched to the broom when made, but I prefer the'construction shown in Fig. 1; nor do Iconfine myself to any particular kind of bro om, inasmuch as it may be applied with equal advantage to the ordinary brush b'room, as shown in Fig. 6.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a In testimony whereof I have signed this (lust-collector for brooms consisting of a despecification, in the presence of two subscribtachable frame or clasp adapted to embrace ing Witnesses, this 12th day of January, 1897. 10

the body of the broom and provided With flaps ALBERT A. SAVYER. 5 or strands of absorbent material adapted to lVitnesses:

hang loosely against the body of the broom D. H. FLETCHER,

when in use, substantially as described. FRANK H. DRURY. 

